· Public charity
Advocates for Catholic Education & Organizations
Scholarships for education, clubs, and organizations
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $50k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $174k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI | $51,842 |
| NORHTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY | $45,479 |
| SETON HIGH SCHOOL | $36,057 |
| ELDER HIGH SCHOOL | $30,690 |
| THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY | $21,595 |
| OHIO UNIVERSITY | $15,011 |
| Individual grant recipient | $13,780 |
| MIAMI UNIVERSITY | $11,161 |
| THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | $9,813 |
| ST URSULA | $8,490 |
| CINCINNATI WEST SOCCER CLUB | $7,840 |
| ST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL | $6,720 |
| VILLA MADONNA | $6,275 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA | $5,383 |
| CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY | $5,200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NKNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC5× · 2020–2024 · $143k · revenue +53%
- TMTHOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY INC3× · 2021–2024 · $33k · revenue +30%
The Ohio University Foundation2× · 2022–2024 · $21k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- MSMOUNT ST JOSEPH UNIVERSITYgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +25%
- OLOUR LADY OF VICTORYone grant, 2021 · $9k
- SAST ANTONINUS CHURCHone grant, 2022 · $8k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…
As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.
See Schedule O. See explanation for Form 990, Part I, Line 1 - Organization's Mission above.
To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
Dominican University provides instruction to students seeking an Associates, Undergraduate or Graduate degree (some doctorate and certificates), and administers all of its programs without discrimination of race, color, gender, religion,…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
As a catholic university, mount st. mary's graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to god and others.
Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds The Ohio University Foundation ↗
- Who funds MOUNT ST JOSEPH UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI WEST SOCCER CLUB ↗
- Who funds University of Dayton ↗
- Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Creighton University ↗
- Who funds SIENA HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · The Scripps Howard Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Advocates for Catholic Education & Organizations funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Advocates for Catholic Education & Organizations. Bigger dots raise more.
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